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Pilots

Pediatric Research Alliance Center Pilots are designed to spark new research, foster collaboration, and increase external funding in pediatric research. CCTR is proud to support these efforts in advancing children’s health.

To date, CCTR has awarded 10 Pediatric Research Alliance Pilot Grants. Explore the projects we've funded below.

CCTR Pilot Awards

2024

"Butyrate in Preterm Human Milk and Neonatal Intestinal Inflammation" (2024)

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2023

"A High-Throughput, 96-well, 3-Dimensional Microphysiologic “Lung-in-a-Dish” Model System to Study Molecular Pathobiological Mechanisms of Neutrophil and Epithelial Cell Dysfunction in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Transcriptomics​" (2023)

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2021

"Prospective Evaluation of HbA1c and Impact on Toxicities and Outcomes During Induction Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma" (2021)

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"Blood Donor Characteristics and Recipient Outcomes in Transfused Very Low Birth Weight Infants" (2021, joint pilot with HeRO)

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2019

"Emory Multi-Omics Juvenile Arthritis Immunology (EMOJI) Study: Bringing Deep Phenotyping to a Vexing Pediatric Problem" (2019)

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"Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in the Correlations of Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric NMDARE" (2019)

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"Blood Donor Characteristics and Recipient Outcomes in Transfused Very Low Birth Weight Infants" (2019)

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2017

"Improved Brain Monitoring after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest" (2017, joint pilot with HeRO)

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"UTOPIA- Urinary Biomarkers to Produce Improved Outcomes after Renal Transplant" (2017, joint Pilot with CTID)

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2015

"The Effect of Type 1 Diabetes on the Immune Plasticity Driven by Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells" (2015)

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Meet the Team


Mary Anne Geryak, M.S.

Program & Research Manager, CCTR and HeRO

mary.anne.riley@emory.edu

Upcoming Events

Tue Oct 1412:00PM-1:00PM
HeRO Research in Progress Seminar
Mon Oct 201:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Matthew Voigt
Mon Oct 271:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Alec Zhan
Mon Nov 31:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar-Dr. Irene Njuguna
Thu Nov 69:00AM-4:00PM
9th CCIV Annual Symposium
Mon Nov 101:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Dr. Ashish Sharma
Tue Nov 1112:00PM-1:00PM
HeRO Research in Progress Seminar
Mon Nov 171:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Dr. Mukesh Kumar
Mon Nov 241:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Ashley Tippet
Mon Dec 11:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Seminar- Dr. Brian Zanoni

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